TEN TIPS ON HOW TO CHOOSE A CONVEYANCING SOLICITOR

by Nicole on May 3, 2013

Written By Chris Pease   When you choose a solicitor to help you move home you will probably expect all conveyancing solicitors to be technically competent.  In the vast majority of cases they are, and there are many surveys to confirm the high satisfaction levels of clients with their conveyancing solicitors.  But what about the [...]

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UK Government Proposes Simplification of Share Buybacks

by Nicole on April 22, 2013

Written by Craig Harrison     In February 2013 the Department of Business Innovation and Skills published a response to a consultation on the Nuttall Review regarding employee share ownership and specifically share buybacks.  There are some concerns that the existing share buyback framework set out in the Companies Act 2006 created a barrier to [...]

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Keeping a Landlord’s Option Open

April 8, 2013

Written By Liz Gallop   Tenants of business premises have a statutory right to renew their leases subject to the conditions contained in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. If you are a landlord and you go through the correct procedure prior to the grant of the lease to exclude (or contract it out) it [...]

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Budget 2013 – Employer NIC Budget measures a welcome boost to SMEs

March 21, 2013

Written By Craig Harrison   The headline announcement in the Budget was that 450,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)  will no longer be required to pay employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs), with the first £2,000 being taken off employers’ NI bills from April 2014. In what was labelled as a Budget for an “Aspiration Nation”, [...]

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HMRC draws up timetable to snare tax evaders

March 14, 2013

Written By Richard Horwood   Hertford-based law firm Longmores is advising that HM Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) has drawn up a timetable of investigations it plans to launch over the next 6 months as part of an ongoing crackdown on tax evasion by wealthy individuals. The document, entitled ‘Closing in on Tax Evasion’, sets out [...]

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Court of Appeal rules on criminal records disclosure

March 13, 2013

Written By Richard Gvero Hertford-based solicitors firm Longmores is advising employers of a new legal ruling which could have implications for the way in which they recruit staff, subject to a possible appeal by the government. The Court of Appeal ruled that a law requiring people to disclose all previous convictions to certain employers breached [...]

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